The Mid
State Aeroguidance Club is an organization of interested model aircraft
enthusiasts that promote the art of building, flying, and maintaining remote controlled
model aircraft.
The club has qualified flight instructor pilots that can help beginning
modelers to fly and maintain their aircraft. The method used has been tried and perfected
by the instructors and has an enviable success rate.
The club holds regular meetings monthly throughout the year. The
meetings are always the first Monday of each month, unless it is a holiday, then one week
later. The meetings provide the members with informative news, upcoming events, and many
times demonstrations, as well as question and answer sessions. This is an ideal time for
beginners to meet the members and have their questions answered
The club also prints and makes available by email a newsletter, Just
PLANE Talk, on a monthly basis. The newsletter has many informative articles,
pictures, notices of upcoming events, and other hobby related features.
AMA and Mid State Aeroguidance
club
dues information
To fly and take instruction at the club field, you must become a member of the Mid State Aeroguidance club. A membership entitles you to attend monthly club meetings, and the official newsletter, Just PLANE Talk, is provided as an added benefit. The membership is renewed each year and the dues are due by January of each calendar year.
Club dues are $35 per year. A family membership costs $50. There is no limit to the number of additional members in the family. The dues are payable at the beginning of each calendar year. If a member joins in mid year, the dues are pro-rated.
To fly at the club field, an Academy
of Model Aeronautics (AMA) membership is required. This membership provides liability
insurance for the member, and also includes a monthly magazine, Model
Aviation.
Club Officers
Tim
Anderson. President.
Tim is an avid builder and enjoys mostly older designs. He loves to
scratch build and enjoys poring over plans. He is a mechanic at Roehl Trucking
company of Marshfield. He also flies trainer planes and enjoys vintage free
flight designs. He loves to restore damaged models.
Mike
Slowiak. Vice president. Mike has been a past officer serving
as a Vice President about 8 years ago. His model preferences lie with aerobatic
planes and usually the 1/4 scale size. He is employed at Total Electric and is a
licensed electrician. He now is involved with preparing estimates for
contractors. Mike has a 9 year old son who is very interested in flying and he
is encouraging him to solo too.
Jim
Rasmussen. Editor / Secretary. Jim is the oldest member of the club, having been a
charter member when the club was formed in 1973. He has been a past president
and vice president. He presently is the new member contact, and also is a flight instructor. He has been the newsletter editor
for the past 21 years. His interests are mostly scale, with a leaning towards the larger
quarter scale sizes in the past years. He has flown all types of models, including rubber, control line,
gliders, and radio controlled pattern and scale. He started in R/C when he had to build his
own equipment. He has an electronics background, and was retired from the Marshfield
Clinic electronics department.
Steve
Bittorf. Treasurer. Steve has just recently retired
and has been involved in club matters. This is his first experience as a club
officer. He learned to fly about 2 years ago and
has been active in the club helping wherever he is needed. He is an avid golfer
but still finds time for model flying. He feels he is still learning and is
honing his flying skills on a SigLT-40.
Joe
Mayer. Safety
officer. Joe has served as past president, is presently the
Safety Officer of the club. He is an outstanding welder and pipe fitter in the stainless steel trade
and is employed in the maintenance department for A&B Systems in
Stratford, WI. His
specialty is welding aluminum, and he does many jobs for club members with aluminum
mufflers. He flies all types of planes, but his main interest is the larger ones such as
Lasers and Extras. He also enjoys the larger scale types. He has been one of
the flight instructors for the club for many years. He is now presently the
contest director for the club.
